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Calendar year
Statue of Duke
Wenceslaus I (c. 907–935)
Year 935 (
CMXXXV ) was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar .
Events
By place
Europe
Spring –
Arnulf I ("the Bad") of
Bavaria invades
Italy , crossing through the
Upper Adige (modern
Tyrol ). He proceeds towards
Verona to join his supporters. King
Hugh of Provence takes a
Burgundian army against him, and defeats Arnulf at
Gossolengo , forcing him to return to Bavaria.
Summer –
Fatimid caliph
al-Qa'im dispatches a naval expedition under
Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi to raid the coast of
Provence and
Liguria ,
sacking
Genoa on 16 August and attacking
Pisa . Ya'qub also raids
Corsica and
Sardinia before returning to
Mahdia with some 8,000 prisoners.
[1]
September 28 (probable year) –
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (the subject of the
1853 Christmas carol "
Good King Wenceslas ") is murdered by a group of
nobles led by his brother
Boleslaus I ("the Cruel"), who succeeds him.
Córdoba , capital of
Al-Andalus , becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
Baghdad , capital of the
Abbasid Caliphate .
[2]
Africa
Arabian Empire
Asia
By topic
Religion
Births
Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar , Mu'tazilite theologian (d.
1025 )
Eochaid ua Flannacáin , Irish cleric and
poet (d.
1004 )
Elvira Ramírez , princess and
regent of
León (approximate date)
Folcuin , Frankish
abbot of
Saint Bertin (approximate date)
Gao Qiong , Chinese general and governor (
jiedushi ) (d.
1006 )
Gerard of Toul , German priest and
bishop (d.
994 )
Hrosvitha , German
canoness and poet (approximate date)
Michitsuna no Haha , Japanese female poet (d.
995 )
Ukhtanes of Sebastia , Armenian historian (d.
1000 )
Wulfrun , English
noblewoman (approximate date)
Deaths
January 22 –
Ma , empress of
Southern Han
January –
Mardavij , founder of the
Ziyarid dynasty (
Iran ), assassinated
September 28 –
Wenceslaus I , duke of
Bohemia (b. c.
907 ), assassinated
October 24 –
Li Yu , Chinese official and chancellor
November 17 – assassination:
Dai Siyuan , general of
Later Liang (
Five Dynasties )
Govinda IV , ruler of the
Rashtrakuta Dynasty (
India )
Gruffydd ab Owain , king of
Glywysing (approximate date)
John XI , pope of the
Catholic Church (approximate date)
Li Yichao , Chinese
warlord and governor (jiedushi )
Niftawayh , Abbasid scholar and grammarian (b.
858 )
Trpimir II , king of
Croatia (approximate date)
Werner V , Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Yang Dongqian , Chinese official and chancellor
Zhao Feng , Chinese official and chancellor
References
^ Steven A. Epstein, Genoa and the Genoese, 958–1528 . (The University of North Carolina Press, 1996), p.14.
^
"Geography at about.com" . Archived from
the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2006 .
^ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658–1518) . Paris: La Découverte, p. 43.